Marking-ticket.



G. A. WALLIN.

MARKING TICKET.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 4. 1915.

1,298,268. Patented Mar. 25,1919.

InvenTor.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAF A. WALLIN, OF SCOTCH PLAINS, NEW JEiRSEY, ASSIGNOR TO A. KIMIBALLCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MARKING-TICKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed May 4, 1915. Serial No. 25,832.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAF A. WALLIN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Scotch Plains, county of Union, State of New Jersey,have invented an Improvement in Marking-Tickets, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is aspecification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the provision of a marking ticket ofsimple, strong and inexpensive construction so constructed that bothsurfaces of the body portion may be printed with suitable indicia at oneoperation and which when attached to the article to be marked cannot beremoved without-the destruction of the ticket. The object is further toprovide a marking ticket adapted for marking various articles but moreparticularly jewelry, for example, rings and similar articles in whichit is undesirable to have metal come in contact with the article to bemarked.

The nature and object of the invention will more fully appear from theaccompanying description and drawings and will be particularly pointedout in the claims. The drawings disclose the simple and preferred formof the invention and illustrate it in connection with the marking of afinger ring.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete marking ticket attachedto a ring;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the blank or unfolded ticket;

Fig. 3 is a view in longitudinal central cross-section of the completedticket.

The marking ticket may be made of any suitable sheet material such as isemployed in the manufacture of marking tickets and may be, for example,of cardboard or sized fabric such as used in such devices.

The marking ticket comprises a foldable body portion preferably ofgenerally elongated rectangular shape as shown in Fig. 2, wherein theline of fold 1 separates the two similar foldable portions 2 and 3 ofthe body portion. The edges of the ticket preferably are provided withindentations having theirapexes terminating at the line of fold 1. Italso comprises a relatively narrow foldable integral neck portionextending from the body portion and preferably central thereof. Thisneck portion is shown as foldab-le at the line f and comprising the twofoldable parts 5 and 6. The body portlon is provided adjacent the neckportion with an aperture 7 preferably of circular configuration and atan opposite point as for example at the opposite end of the body portionwith a second similar aperture 8. The neck portion at its free end isprovided with a similar aperture 9. These'three apertures are soarranged that when the neck and body portions are folded they will comeinto registration.

When the marking ticket is to be applied to an article the neck portionis passed through the article to be marked, is then folded upon itselfto bring the apertures 9 and 7 into registration, and then the bodyportion is folded upon itself to bring the part 3 on top of the part 2with the free end of the neck interposed and with the apertures 8 and 9and 7 in registration.

With the parts thus superimposed and the apertures in registration asuitable fastening device is inserted through the apertures and securedin place to connect permanently the three superimposed parts together. Apreferable fastening device indicated for this purpose is an eyelet 10which may be set in the usual manner.

The blank forming the body portion in its unfolded condition presentsthe surfaces of the parts 2 and 3 which subsequently form the exteriorof the body portion in a plane so that they may be printed at oneoperation with suitable indicia such as price, size or other marks.

There is thus presented a ticket which may be inexpensively manufacturedand which may be readily secured to the article desired to be marked.The neck portion being made of the same material as the body portion andthe free end of the neck portion being firmly held in place between thefolded parts of the body portion presents a strong construction and atthe same time one which when in engagement with the article to be markedwill not injure or mar the article. The ticket has also the obviousadvantages that it cannot be removed from the article when once appliedthereto without the destruction of the ticket and thus servesindisputably to indicate any attempt to detach the ticket from thearticle.

Having fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and desire to secure 1 by Letters Patent is:

l 1.7A marking ticket comprising a body portion of fibrous materialhaving a transverse folding line, apertures in said body portion locatedat equal distances from said folding line and adapted to be superposed,a

neck portion integral- With'. said body portion and extending from oneend of said body po'r tion in'alinement With said apertures and anaperture adjacent the end of said neck portion which by folding the neckportion may be caused to register With the apertures in thebody portionand a fastening device Which when passed through said apertures Willsecure the neck portion to the bodyportion in the form-0 f aloop andWill also's'ecure the folded portion of the bodytogether.

2. A marking ticket comprising a body portion of fibrous material havinga median transverse folding line, and notched at the ends of saidfolding line, apertures insaid body portion located at equal distancesfrom said folding line and adapted to be superposed, a neck portionintegral With said body portion and extending from one end of said bodyportion in alinementwith said apertures and having a transverse 'foldingline, an aperture adjacent the end of said neck portion Which by foldingthe neck portion on said folding line may be caused to register With theapertures in the body portion and a fastening device which 'when passedthrough said apertures 'Will secure the-neck-portion t0 the body portionin the form of a loop and will also securethe folded portions of thebodytogether;

' In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification. V

GUSTAF A. WALLINQ Copies-bf this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Qon missioner of Patents. Wash1ngton,-D. 0." 1 ICir

